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Peters Township girls trailed by 7 early in the third, rallied to take a 6-point advantage early in the fourth, then out-scored York Suburban 9-5 in overtime to return to the state semifinals for the second straight year. Taylor McCullough led the Indians with 20 points. Maddyn Mehl added 14 for the winners. Peters Township lost forward Jordyn Welsh early in the game to a knee injury. She did not return. Sophomore Caitlyn Malloy scored 7 points off the bench in relief. Peters Township will take on WPIAL champion South Fayette in the state semifinals Tuesday. We’ll have the game on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online.   Watch/Listen Here   PIAA Brackets

Canon-McMillan girls struggled all night from the floor and hit the end of the road in the PIAA quarterfinals. The Big Macs scored first but Dallastown rolled up a 12-1 run to take control. C-M never got closer than 7 points the rest of the way.  The best season in Canon-McMillan girls basketball history includes a first-ever WPIAL championship and two state tournaments victories, taking the Big Macs deeper in the tournament than they had ever gone.

PIAA Quarterfinals
Friday, Mar. 13 (PIAA District – finish)
6A Girls 3-2 Dallastown > 7-1 Canon-McMillan, 54-39  Watch/Listen Here

Saturday, Mar. 14 (PIAA District – finish)
5A Girls 7-4 Peters Township > 3-1 York Suburban, 52-48 OT  Watch/Listen Here

Tuesday, Mar. 15 (PIAA District – finish)
5A Girls 7-4 Peters Township vs. 7-1 South Fayette, 6:45 pm at Bethel Park, WJPA-FM (95.3)  Watch/Listen Here

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3 on Saturday night.  Acciari won a battle for the puck with Nick Schmaltz and scored on a close-range snap shot to help the Penguins complete a rally from an early two-goal deficit.  Stuart Skinner had 26 saves for Pittsburgh. Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha and Thomas Novak also scored goals for the Penguins.  Dylan Guenther scored two unassisted goals in a 91-second span during the first period for Utah. Guenther, who leads the Mammoth with 33 goals, became only the second NHL player since the 2018-19 season to score two unassisted goals in less than two minutes.  Ian Cole completed the scoring for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 19 stops for the Mammoth.  Guenther threaded the puck around Skinner’s skate at the 5:06 mark of the first to get Utah on the board. Then he tapped the puck over the line amid traffic, scoring on a power play at the 6:37 mark of the first to put the Mammoth up 2-0.